So apparently the married version of Micaela does not blog, which is kind of sad and I intend to change that! Right now I will re-cap you on the exciting shenanigans going on in my life! (Or lack thereof, really.) To make up for my lackage of posting in the past couple months this post will be full of photos. Get ready. Get set.
1. I’ve been trying to embrace Toronto life and do lots of sightseeing while I’m living here. In the past couple months I’ve visited Casa Loma, a Jays Game, the Ukranian street festival, and to the “Creativ Show.” It’s been a busy couple of months getting back into life post-wedding, so this is just the beginning. Here I am at the Jays game!
2. We had a child! Sort of… Kent surprised me by getting us an adorable little kitten which I named Levi and he middle-named Maclean. Levi is much less maintenance than the real deal, although he does scratch and bite quite a bit more. The nicknames for our little ball of fluff are endless. Example: Levi = Leviticus = Levitate = Tater = Tater Tot = Baby Potato. Here’s one of our endless selection of pictures of him. Cutest little thing ever:
3. There was a few celebrations: Our first married holiday (Thanksgiving) which included lovely outdoor and seasonal things like pie baking, dog walking, apple orchards, and a campfire. My town fair, a celebration that I haven’t missed in all of my 25 years. And, Kent turned the BIG 3-0 yesterday! I can’t even belive that he is 30 and that I’ve known him since he was 26. Usually it feels like I’ve only known him about two days. I took him out for a little surprise dinner and took this quick family photo. Tomorrow we will celebrate with friends and family. This is our family, circa 2009, complete with a coat over our heads (thanks Kent) and a kitten considering which part of my neck to bite into.
4. A little foray into being an artist! My mom called this morning and invited me to a crafting show with her and my Oma. They are avid sewers and quilters but I picked up none of these genes or much interest in them aside from loving all of the quilts I get as gifts. Still, since my previous plans included house cleaning and new job hunting, I could not say no. Spending the day with these ladies in their element was a great time, and I even did a craft! We saw a (dutch! booyah!) booth called Paverpol where people were making these amazing outfits on little dress forms using cloths covered in some sort of textile hardener that looks like mud. Mom and I signed up, paid $10 each and here are the photos of our journey.
Dress forms before shot:
About to drape the cloth:
”Sculpting!”:
And the finished products! I don’t know if the photos do them justice, but they were so easy and look so amazing!
Mom’s:
Mine (less awesome… but still okay!) – the final version sitting on my mantle tonight:
That’s just a few bits and pieces of my life, and I promise to get back into my weekly blogging so I won’t have these huge recaps. I do love blogging, really.
Question pour vous: What crafty/artsy thing have you done lately or been really wanting/planning to do?
I have all these all clothes that I just can’t throw away. So I have been wanting to sew them into a blanket that I can use on the couch. I think I might need a sewing machine first though!
I haven’t been knitting at all because of work and school
I have so much baby yarn waiting for me…!!!
Making headbands! I’m pretty much obsessed.
I LOVE THE BABY POTATO!! All these cousins need to have a kitten party!
Also, I am super jealous of the craft show. As you could tell from my texts yesterday I really wanted to go.
Those are very cool looking! I’ve never done any sort of sculpting, but have always wanted to try. They have a few places here where you can go and use a potters wheel, that sort of thing. I always mean to, but never seem to do it!
I’ve been really into quilting lately, as I’ve acquired my mother’s old sewing machine. I’ve been working on a few baby quilts that I plan to donate to an orphanage in China! I am really excited about this project!
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so i guess this means leah is due for a new kitten?
First of all I love how much you love life!
Secondly I think the crafty thing I am going to do next is something for the wedding decoration wise! Any ideas?
I love your pictures but I guess that we are never going to get to see pics from the wedding, sigh…..
Nice pics Mic! And I’m with Sally, wedding photos please!
Oh, and my next crafty excursion is going to be a poem. A Christmas poem.
Love this post! And I’m kind of glad I didn’t read it until after I came by for dinner on Sat – because at least I saw the pictures and was filled with happy memories of the fun that Sat night was!!
The most recent crafty thing I’ve done is probably make my own bracelet stand/holder though I need to make a 2.0 version of it because it’s not that sturdy.
Also, I would like to make everyone jealous by saying that I saw the wedding photo album and the pictures are Ah-mazing ;P
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Love the pics of ur kitty!!
our kitties have to meet lol!
As for what I want to do.. is …. Find furniture on craigslit and sanddown and paint … and use for my bedroom and a mirror or frame that i can make into a BIG wall mirror for my bedroom as well..
and i wanna make some wallart decor sorta stuff for my bedroom too .. i like what ur sister did with the fabric and i’m thinking maybe something like that i dunno yet..